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Joyce Murray Brings Opening Remarks to Seal Summit
Every major player in the seal industry gathered in one large room at the Delta Hotel yesterday to brainstorm their way to new products and markets. Ministers, senators, scientists, business, FFAW, Indigenous leaders and MPs took part in the session. Media, however, were not allowed to cover it, and were told to leave the room following opening remarks by Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray. While media were barred from yesterday’s seal summit discussions, Murray will take reporters’ questions when the two-day event wraps up this afternoon. >click to read< 07:04 Newfoundland and Labrador,
Feds tight-lipped on seal summit in Newfoundland
Five months after Canada’s Fisheries and Oceans minister Joyce Murray responded to the Atlantic Seal Science Task Team (ASSTT) report by saying she would hold a summit on seals there are few details about the event, other than the dates. The summit is being held in St. John’s, N.L., Nov. 8 and 9. So far there’s no word on the location of the summit, the lineup of speakers or panelists, or an agenda for the two days. A Sept. 23 release from the 
minister’s office offers very little information. That worries Bob Hardy, who was a member of the ASSTT. His main concern is that DFO appears to have organized the summit with little if any input from industry or stakeholders. >click to read< 15:53
Seal summit slated for the fall in St. John’s
More research is needed on the impact of seals on dwindling east coast fish stocks, federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray said Thursday,,, Speaking outside a seafood processing plant, Murray drew applause when she said she knows “seals eat fish.” “So, that’s the reason we need to better understand the impact they are having on our fish stocks,” she said. The minister said that as a first step, her department will host a seal summit this fall. “That will be to broaden engagement on Atlantic seals and bring stakeholders together to discuss approaches for science, market development and management,” she said. >click to read< 12:36
